leave your brain at the door for this one

Rating: 5/10 (23 July 2013)

"Pacific rim" is "Godzilla" meets "Transformers," with a little bit of something else that I can't quite put my finger on (Involving connecting up people brains) thrown in there too. "Pacific rim" though, is more random than most monster movies, and dumber than the much-criticised "Transformer" films to which most will no doubt compare it. Whilst the corniness of "Independence day" or something is in there too, with big speeches like - "Today! We are cancelling the apocalypse!!!" standing out.
Yes, you really have to leave your brain at the door for this one. But I'm expecting those going to see a big movie like this would probably do that anyway. I don't know what I personally was really expecting from it. But with Guillermo del Toro being behind it, I was expecting something a little more than what it is. Though it is visually amazing, like most of Guillermo del Toros other stuff.
The special effects are impressive (Maybe even more so in 3D) but there's no story, or anything to really get invested in, or have a laugh along with. Some will take it as one of those fun films that "knows its rubbish." But I was sighing more than I was laughing. Plus its slow start makes me think they were attempting to go for something more than "Transformers 4." When that's really all it is.